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Magnon scattering and transduction in Coulomb-coupled quantum Hall ferromagnets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2026-03-05 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

The magnetization field of a quantum Hall ferromagnet (QHFM) can host a variety of spin textures, including skyrmions and magnons. When projected into the lowest Landau level with ν=1\nu = 1 filling, the topological (Pontryagin) charge density of the magnetization field is proportional to the electric charge density, allowing for long-range spin-spin interactions. Inspired by recent experimental developments that enable all-electrical generation and detection of magnons, in this work we theoretically demonstrate two phenomena that can occur due to Coulomb interactions that are unique to QHFMs: magnons can scatter off of point charges at a distance, and skyrmions can act as transmitters and receivers for magnons to be transduced between separate layers of a bilayer QHFM. The latter Coulomb-mediated spin drag effect occurs at arbitrary distance and could facilitate long-range magnonics, such as detection of spin waves for future experiments in 2D materials.

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@article{arxiv.2510.18974,
  title  = {Magnon scattering and transduction in Coulomb-coupled quantum Hall ferromagnets},
  author = {Alexander Canright and Deepak Iyer and Matthew S. Foster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.18974},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 pages, 9 figures